Samuel Stouffer and the GI survey [electronic resource] : sociologists and soldiers during the Second World War / Joseph W. Ryan ; with an introduction by David R. Segal.
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TextSeries: Legacies of war seriesPublication details: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2013] 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN: - 9781621900252
- 1621900258
- Stouffer, Samuel A., 1900-1960
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects -- United States
- Military morale -- United States
- Sociologists -- United States -- Biography
- Soldiers -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Soldiers -- United States -- Attitudes
- Social surveys -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Sociology, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States. War Department. Information and Education Division. Research Branch -- History
- 940.54/173 23
- UA23 .R96 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Samuel A. Stouffer and military sociology / David R. Segal -- Meet Sam Stouffer -- Stouffer in the interwar years -- Impulses and stimuli for the Research Branch -- The Research Branch rising -- The Research Branch refined -- Structure and findings of the American soldier -- Reception and criticism of the American soldier -- Stouffer, the Research Branch, and the American soldier postbellum -- Epilogue.
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